Practicing Inclusion as a Matter of Institutional Habit

In his post, Dean Long explores how a university’s institutional commitment to diversity and inclusion can sometimes have unintended negative effects, such as causing individual members within a campus community to see diversity and inclusion as neither their job nor responsibility. This often takes place when a central office is explicitly tasked with making inclusion a university priority—and others then disinvest, and disengage, in making inclusion a priority in their daily work.

Dean Long’s post should be read broadly by members of the MSU community, as a reminder of the shared work we each need to cultivate every day, regardless of position or title, in embodying MSU’s commitment to inclusion.